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PO2 Shawn Beaty of Long Island NY looks for survivors of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans on 30 Aug 2005. USCG photo by PO2 NyxoLyno Cangemi
News stories about the Coast Guard
Coast Guard to release report on Elizabeth M towboat crash
The US Coast Guard says its Marine Safety Unit in Pittsburgh will release its final report on a towboat crash that killed four crew members in January 2005.
KDKA Pittsburgh,
08 November 2007
New facts emerge in '05 towboat fatalities
Just before the accident that claimed the lives of four crewmen aboard the MV Elizabeth M in 2005, dam gates at the Montgomery Lock and Dam were raised, speeding up the high water and dangerous currents.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
28 October 2007
Panel backs stronger oversight of Coast Guard fleet upgrade
Upset over the US Coast Guard's Deepwater "debacle," the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Wednesday reported a bill that would strengthen legislative and agency oversight.
GovExec.com,
26 April 2007
New Coast Guard cutter finishes up successful icebreaking season
As its namesake and predecessor did for six decades, the new US Coast Guard cutter Mackinaw recently completed the icebreaking season, opening waterways for shipping and commerce on the Great Lakes.
mLive.com,
06 April 2007
Coast Guard flying upgraded HH-65C helicopters nationwide
The US Coast Guard announced today its air stations with HH-65 Dolphin helicopters are now flying the HH-65C model with an upgraded Turbomeca Arriel 2C2 engine.
USCG Deepwater News,
03 April 2007
Permanent REC New Orleans opens
The US Coast Guard's New Orleans Regional Exam Center is scheduled to reopen today in its first permanent home since Hurricane Katrina.
The Wheelhouse Report,
02 April 2007
Coast Guard Academy has lost sense of mission, task force says
The US Coast Guard Academy has lost its way, struggling with a climate of distrust and cynicism in which nearly one in four cadets say they would not report classmates who commit sexual assault, a task force reported Friday.
Newsday,
30 March 2007
Icebreaking on the Penobscot
Based in Southwest Harbor, from December through March the 65-foot (20 m) US Coast Guard harbor tug Bridle spends most of its time keeping Downeast rivers and harbors free of ice.
Ellsworth American (ME),
22 March 2007
Coast Guard reports mariner files lost
A box of files sent from REC New Orleans to West Virginia last month arrived with 50 mariners' files missing. The files contained sensitive personal information.
The Wheelhouse Report,
16 March 2007
Coast Guard unit is headed to Algiers
An East Jefferson-based US Coast Guard command will move to the Naval Support Activity in Algiers, adjacent to but not part of the federal city campus planned for the 193-acre base.
New Orleans Times-Picayune,
23 February 2007
The Coast Guard's new role
An agency transforming itself
The U.S. Coast Guard is trying to reshape itself as a modern military force capable of defending the country's shores from terrorists. MSNBC has an overview, complete with on-line video and a 360-degree view from inside the cockpit of a Defender patrol boat.
Sea change for the Coast Guard
MSNBC, 19 December 2002
Big Brother watching the coast
The Air Force and the CIA have used unmanned aerial vehicles - UAVs - for everything from reconnaissance to assassination. Now the U.S. Coast Guard is preparing to use them for homeland defense and other domestic duties. Read more:
Drones to serve as coastal watchdogs
Hartford Courant, 13 December 2002
Flying drones [sic] to keep watch over waters off Florida coast
Orlando Sentinel, 20 December 2002
Drones at home: big market, big concerns
Washington Post, 01 January 2003
Underwater security
In the right hand knowing what the left is doing department, the Coast Guard Research and Development Center and the Naval Undersea Warfare Center have signed an agreement to cooperate on research to improve homeland security.
NUWC, Coast Guard team up on homeland security plans
New London Day, 20 December 2002
Rescue 21
The federal government is spending over $600 million to upgrade the Coast Guard's search & rescue technology. Atlantic City NJ is one of the first two locations to get the new equipment, a system known as Rescue 21. Read more:
Rescue tech debuts in Atlantic City
Press of Atlantic City, 13 December 2002
Conflicting duties
When the U.S. Coast Guard becomes part of the new Homeland Security Department, will search & rescue suffer because of counter-terrorism... or vice versa? Read more:
Debating Coast Guard's old, new duties
Newsday, 12 December 2002
Resources for mariners
The Wheelhouse Report's directory of USCG Regional Exam Centers
License applications and forms
- from the Coast Guard's Merchant Mariner Information Center
Downloads, including accident reporting forms and VTS manuals and more.
Links to Coast Guard sites
Opinion & analysis
How secure is your license?
About the Coast Guard's new "guilty until proven innocent" administrative law system
by Daniel J. Hubbell
Wheelhouse Report, July 2000
Coast Guard buoyed by tech
Wired, 09 June 2000
Coast Guard injustice
A follow-up
by Richard Block
Wheelhouse Report
Licensing re-engineering
The Coast Guard's plan to abolish their Regional Exam Centers
by Daniel J. Hubbell
Wheelhouse Report, October 1998
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